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Updates on Scottish business, UK business and news from around the world. business news, manage your business, Scottish business, UK business http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/banks-in-turmoil-all-down-to-fate-or-folly-97298-20867636/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/banks-in-turmoil-all-down-to-fate-or-folly-97298-20867636/ Could HBOS and RBS have avoided the problems that have beset them or was trouble always going to be on the cards? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/enterprise-250-smaller-firms-on-crest-of-a-wave-97298-20867653/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/enterprise-250-smaller-firms-on-crest-of-a-wave-97298-20867653/ Scotland's SMEs have surpassed the big boys once more and have so far avoided a buffeting from the stormy economic climate finds Alistair McArthur http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/enterprise-250-profile-manorlane-97298-20867655/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/enterprise-250-profile-manorlane-97298-20867655/ Builder branches out – With construction feeling the effects of the world's financial woes, Elliot Robertson has smartly decided to diversify. Alistair McArthur meets him http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/the-big-profile-allister-langlands-97298-20867651/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/the-big-profile-allister-langlands-97298-20867651/ From backstage to leading man: John Wood Group's relatively new chief executive has a longer history with the company than you might realise. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/marketing-making-the-most-of-your-budget-97298-20867733/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/marketing-making-the-most-of-your-budget-97298-20867733/ Time to improve your aim – if your marketing spend is feeling the crunch, it's vital to focus on the target finds Alistair McArthur http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/business-travel-have-meeting-will-travel-97298-20867737/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/business-travel-have-meeting-will-travel-97298-20867737/ Despite the credit crunch, firms aren't scrimping when it comes to moving around the country on business finds Matthew Shelley http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/team-building-how-to-put-together-your-business-dream-team-97298-20867797/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/team-building-how-to-put-together-your-business-dream-team-97298-20867797/ Avoiding the mistrust, skills gaps and bickering that can turn any team into a nightmare is essential discovers Perry Gourley http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/mobile-phones-for-business-bundles-of-choice-available-97298-20867810/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/mobile-phones-for-business-bundles-of-choice-available-97298-20867810/ There are many plans and devices on offer but which will fit the bill for your firm? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/deals-update-quality-not-quantity-97298-20867794/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/deals-update-quality-not-quantity-97298-20867794/ Deal numbers drop but deal calibre doesn't. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/international-us-eastern-seaboard-finding-your-feet-on-the-us-east-coast-97298-20867798/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/international-us-eastern-seaboard-finding-your-feet-on-the-us-east-coast-97298-20867798/ With 70 per cent of the United States' major companies located east of the Mississippi, Scots firms breaking into the Eastern Seaboard could reap huge rewards. International: US Eastern seaboard http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/quoted-companies-tough-month-sees-almost-all-scots-stocks-plummet-97298-20867632/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/quoted-companies-tough-month-sees-almost-all-scots-stocks-plummet-97298-20867632/ Alistair McArthur's monthly digest of Scottish stock performance http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/the-burning-question-should-property-leases-be-made-more-flexible-97298-20867634/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/the-burning-question-should-property-leases-be-made-more-flexible-97298-20867634/ Monthly topical debate http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/agenda-what-does-the-future-hold-for-scotland-s-banking-giants-97298-20867730/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/agenda-what-does-the-future-hold-for-scotland-s-banking-giants-97298-20867730/ Last month we were already reeling from the £12.5bn proposed takeover of Scottish banking icon HBOS by LloydsTSB. Now Scotland's corporate crown jewel, the Royal Bank of Scotland, is about to be majority-owned by the UK Government in return for £20bn worth of support for the troubled giant. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/ian-ritchie-on-start-up-funding-97298-20867729/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/ian-ritchie-on-start-up-funding-97298-20867729/ Crunch could slow flow of cash into start-ups to a stop http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/wealth-management-deciphering-company-asset-value-assessments-97298-20867801/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/wealth-management-deciphering-company-asset-value-assessments-97298-20867801/ The exercise of valuing a company's assets and liabilities has become an extremely complicated task. How can an investor trust the information a company makes public and find an accurate way to evaluate it? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/commercial-property-hotspots-this-month-s-hottest-commercial-property-happenings-97298-20867804/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/commercial-property-hotspots-this-month-s-hottest-commercial-property-happenings-97298-20867804/ Replacement for blot on the landscape to put Edinburgh back on the retail map http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/commercial-property-issues-effects-of-finance-sector-fall-out-97298-20867807/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/commercial-property-issues-effects-of-finance-sector-fall-out-97298-20867807/ Global crisis has shrunk the amount of cash available to developers finds Adrian Morrison http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/commercial-property-talk-industry-gossip-97298-20867808/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/commercial-property-talk-industry-gossip-97298-20867808/ It seems Edinburgh's letting agents have adopted the Orwellian skill of Doublethink. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/business-education-an-education-coalition-97298-20867813/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/business-education-an-education-coalition-97298-20867813/ By working together, Scottish universitIes and corporate sponsors can help companies survive and thrive. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/business-education-news-practical-management-msc-97298-20867814/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/11/04/business-education-news-practical-management-msc-97298-20867814/ Ambitious young managers are being offered a new opportunity to advance their careers with a largely work-based MSc in management practice.